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Early examples of sonata form resemble two-reprise continuous ternary form. [1] Sonata form, optional features in parentheses [2]. The sonata form (also sonata-allegro form or first movement form) is a musical structure generally consisting of three main sections: an exposition, a development, and a recapitulation.
Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano in F major, Op.15 (1813) Grande sonate for violin or cello and piano in E major, Op.19 (1820) Rondo (Sonata) for flute and piano;
Piano Sonata No. 2 (Weber) Piano Sonata No. 4 (Weinberg) Piano Sonata No. 18 (Dussek) Piano Sonata No. 28 (Dussek) R. Piano Sonata No. 1 (Rachmaninoff)
Although various composers in the 17th century had written keyboard pieces which they entitled "Sonata", it was only in the classical era, when the piano displaced the earlier harpsichord and sonata form rose to prominence as a principle of musical composition, that the term "piano sonata" acquired a definite meaning and a characteristic form.
In music, a sonata (/ s ə ˈ n ɑː t ə /; pl. sonate) [a] literally means a piece played as opposed to a cantata (Latin and Italian cantare, "to sing"), a piece sung. [1]: 17 The term evolved through the history of music, designating a variety of forms until the Classical era, when it took on increasing importance.
For example, unit length of 8 1 ⁄ 2 in the first section of Sonata III is achieved by using six bars in 2/2 time and two in 5/4 (rather than eight bars in 2/2 and one in 1/2). In many sonatas the microstructure—how the melodic lines are constructed—deviates slightly from the pre-defined proportion.
Sonata in E-flat for Keyboard and Violin, K. 26 (1766) Sonata in G for Keyboard and Violin, K. 27 (1766) Sonata in C for Keyboard and Violin, K. 28 (1766) Sonata in D for Keyboard and Violin, K. 29 (1766) Sonata in F for Keyboard and Violin, K. 30 (1766) Sonata in B-flat for Keyboard and Violin, K. 31 (1766)
The sonatas each consist of four movements, in the typical slow-fast-slow-fast pattern of the sonata da chiesa. The first two movements of each sonata are a prelude and a fugue. The third (slow) movement is lyrical, while the final movement shares the similar musical structure as a typical binary suite movement. Unlike the sonatas, the partitas ...